Falagan v. Georgia Power Co.

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Louis Falagan was injured while working for Brock & Blevins, Inc., an independent contractor, during a maintenance and repair outage on a power generating unit at defendant Georgia Power Company’s Plant Branch. Louis Falagan and his wife, Shannon Falagan, filed this action alleging that the injuries were the result of defendant’s negligence. Upon consideration of defendant’s motion for summary judgment, the superior court concluded that defendant was the statutory employer of plaintiff Louis Falagan under OCGA § 34-9-8 and was therefore immune from tort…